GREAT STRIDES 2005!

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anonymous

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Carey and Amy,
I've never done a letter writing campaign either and would love to see how to word it appropriately. I would really appreciate if you both could send me a copy of your letter to help me get started. Thank you. We live in Canada and this is the first year that our walk will be called the "Great Strides" walk. It used to be run by a Canadian store called Zellers. It used to be the Zellers Friends and Family walk for CF. I am excited to send out letters and hope to raise alot of money this year.
Tammy (Mommmy of 2 beautiful girls with CF)
 
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anonymous

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This is my 2nd year walking, last year was my first and we raised about $3500.00. This year we are putting letters in our neighbors mailbox, sending notes home with my son's class at school. We also have a huge supply of the blue bracelets from the CF website and have been selling them for $5.00/each. We sent emails out to our entire email list about them and so far we have made aver $500 just selling them. We also put a notice in our newsletter at church for donations. We received donations from people we had never met. Next year we have decided to do a beef and beer fundraiser. There are also car ribbon magnets that you can buy off of ebay but keep in mind, the lady that sells them only gives a portion of the money to CF. She offered to sell them to me for 3.00 a piece if I bought over 100. I did not do it though since the foundation is coming out with their own car magnet for CF. I would rather buy directly from them. You can sell all these items and then use it towards your fundraising for the walk. My family and friends tend to be really generous so we are lucky. We hope to double our amount this year. We walk in Media, PA. Good luck!
 
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anonymous

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I would also like a copy of your letter. My email address is Loleta22@aol.com. This is my first year to walk. Several years ago we walked up and down steps is Fort Worth to raise money for CF. My daughter died in October of last year and even though it won't help her , I hope they fine a cure so no one else has to go through what she did. She donated her body to Science so maybe they could find something to help someone else.
 
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anonymous

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Sorry, I just realized I forgot to include my e-mail address: bianchin_strong@hotmail.com

Thanks,
Tammy (Mommy of 2 beautiful girls with CF)
 
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anonymous

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Hi, this is my first year doing Great Strides too (my daughter was diagnosed last June just a week after her first birthday) and I am also doing a letter writting campaign. We are also approaching local businesses and asking for sponsorship (they often give big) and if they won't sponsor with $$ then we ask for a gift certificate or item donation - which we will raffle off. Also, some of our team members are going to work a night or two at East of Chicago (pizza place) where we will keep all the tips and $1 for every buffet ordered. I personally think the easiest way to get money is to send out letters to everyone you know and also approach businesses however, doing public things (carwash, working at restaraunt, auction, raffle, etc) will benefit us in 2 ways: make money and spread awareness.

I am SO glad to know that there are so many people out there working to Cure this disease! Keep up the good work!!

Hugs,
Kelli (mom of Sydney 21 months wcf)
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anonymous

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Hi there,

Sorry for the late reply. Anyone interested in our cf letter can email me at bono40@aol.com. I'd be happy to share it with you! It has brought in more money than any other fund raiser we have participated in. Encourage others to share it with their families and friends as well. The more your letter gets around, the better! It's also a great idea to post it in your place of business. We literally gave our letter to everyone we knew. We couldn't believe the response. Good luck!

Carey
 
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allie1

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To rosesforCFinMich: I tried emailing you my Great Strides letter but it came back as undeliverable. Is your email address posted correctly? Thanks.

I hope everyone else received theirs.

To Kelli: Hi......our daughter was also diagnosed in June. June 9th to be exact and it was the day after my new daughter was born. The timing of ours is crazy, isn't it?

Take care everyone. Amy
 
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cfgirl38

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Hi I was haveing a problem with email the last couple days. But I think it's fixed. Sam001@charter.net the 00 are numbers. Thanks.
 
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anonymous

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Could you send us a copy too and we will get the letter to families in England that want to write.
Thank You

truman@blueyonder.co.uk
 
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anonymous

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Hi Amy, so I guess that June has been a great month (babies born) and a terrible month (Cf diagnosis) for us both huh? How was it that your daughter #1 was diagnosed just after #2 was born? That is incredible. Sydney was diagnosed on June 24th and we were at the hospital on June 21st visiting my newborn neice. I remember SO vividly going up to the 4th floor to see my neice and when we got off the elevator we went left to the L&D wing but to the right I could see the Children's Hospital and I said to my mom "Thank God we aren't going that way, huh?" We had NO idea at that moment that anything was "wrong" with Sydney but it was just 3 days later when she was admitted to Children's hospital (with a prolasped rectum and a CF diagnosis) just a couple of hours before my brother, SIL and new neice were sent home. Oh I will never forget that awful day! I think it has changed almost our entire outlook on life-but not in a completely bad way, you know?

Okay, I am rambling now so I will stop!! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
Kelli
 
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